Clamp for clothes-lines



No Model.)

I S. W. .CONKLIN.

GL'AMP FOR CLOTHES LINESQTENT ROPES, 8w. No. 400,546.

Patented Apr; 2, 1889.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN WILLIAM ooNKLI'N', or YONKERS, NEW YORK.

CLAMP FOR CLOTHES-LINES, TENT-ROPES, 80C.

SPECIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 400,546, dated April 2, 1889.

Serial No. 277,618. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, STEPHEN WILLIAM CoNK- LI N, of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Clamp for Clothes-Lines, Tent- Ropes, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 shows my invention applied to a clothes-line. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the clamp. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same, showing it applied to a rope. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the clamp; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional elevation taken on the line a: of Fig. 3, showing the clamping-lever removed.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

A represents the main frame of the clamp.

This is by preference made of malleable castiron and formed with the parallel side pieces, a a, joined together at one end by the crosspiece I) and at the other by the bed-plate or bridge 0, which is of short length, so that an open' space, cl, is formed at the bottom of the clamp. Above the cross-piece cis placed'the pivot e, which forms the fulcrum of the clamping-lever B. This is formed with an-eccentric, f, notched upon its lower surface to engage the rope Cbetween the eccentric portion of the lever and the said bed-plate c, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The said clamping-lever is formed with an inclined slot, g, for the pin 6, so that any strain upon the rope will tend to draw the clamping-lever B forward and cause the inclined lower surface of the said slot acting against the pin to force the lever downward upon the rope, and thus increase its holding action in addition to that produced by the grasping action of the eccentric f.

The end piece, I), is formed with the ring h, by which the clamp is secured to one end of the rope, as shown in Fig. 1. It is also formed with the lower ring, j, through which the op posite end of the rope is passed after being drawn through the open space d back of the clamping-lever, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

My invention is adapted for use on clotheslines, tent-ropes, and in Various other situations.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The rope-clamp herein shown and described, comprising the side pieces, aa, bridge 0 at the front and cross-piece b at the rear end, reaching above the bridge 0, having the open space at the bottom between thesaid bridge and cross-piece, and formed with the two rings or eyes h j atthe outer surface of the crosspiece I), in combination with the eccentric lever B, pivoted between the side pieces, a a, over the bridge 0, and formed with the incline slot 9, substantially as described.

2. The rope-clamp composed of the side pieces, a a,bridge c, and cross-piece b, in combination with the eccentric lever B, formed with the upwardly and rearwardly inclined slot g and pivoted between the side pieces over the bridge 0, substantially as described.

STEPHEN WILLIAM CONKLIN. Witnesses:

JOHN J LITTETRANDT, JOHN R. FEAKINs. 

